1555, The Madwoman and the Handsome

                                     
On April 12, 1555 dies in the castle of Tordesillas Joanna, the two crowns Queen,
                                [which had been locked as a madwoman since the age of twenty eight,

She was the third child of the Catholic Monarchs
                    [Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, a girl with a very bad fate.

Joanna had an arranged marriage to Philip the Handsome,
                                                 [Archduke of the House of Habsburg, on October 20th 1496.

Following the death of her brother John and her sister Isabella she became
                              [the heir presumptive to the crown of Castile and was queen until 1506.

This same year Archduke Philip became King of Castile jure uxoris,
            [initiated the rule of the Habsburgs in the Spanish kingdoms, and died that same year.

They said that Joanna went mad because of the great love she had for her died husband,
   [she was declared insane and imprisoned..... under the orders of her father, a case not clear,
because others believe that she was the victim of intrigues
                            [and conspiracies which results in her being held in prison until her death.

A queen who lost her love, but everyone, father, husband, son, usurped her throne

                            [and arranged for her to live in prison for life, a story that took my breath.  

                                              to be continued


* ''IT COULD BE OTHERWISE in verse''
Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis -CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS //
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